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boxy

adjective

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Recent Examples of boxy Alves, meanwhile, dressed down her silver pinstriped suit by wearing a black bandeau bra beneath her boxy blazer. — Hannah Malach, InStyle, 14 Aug. 2026 At its center was a boxy concrete tower—a mine shaft that would carry us nearly two miles down into the earth. — James Dinneen, New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2026 Dersch’s exhibit featured a fully functioning Xerox Alto workstation with its boxy vertical monitor, chunky keyboard and mouse, as well as pizza-sized spinning disks that store tiny amounts of data by modern standards. — Terry Chea, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026 The flowy ruffle hem adds a whimsical touch to all of your summer outfits, whether paired with a boxy tee, polished button-down, or loose tank, while simultaneously keeping your ensemble airy and lightweight on the go. — Julia Morlino, Travel + Leisure, 7 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for boxy

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At the far end, which seemed miles away, a blocky television sat before a lone white plastic chair.

— Madhuri Vijay, New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2026
However, the interface relies heavily on massive, auto-playing video tiles and blocky promotional banners that constantly compete for your attention, making the overall browsing experience a bit too cluttered and chaotic for my liking.

— Gabriel Zamora, PC Magazine, 28 July 2026

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Between March and June, LNG loadings from Qatar and the UAE declined by 35 billion cubic meters year-on-year, according to the International Energy Agency.

— Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 19 Aug. 2026
Dumping thousands of cubic meters of rocks into the river to slow down the flow of water and increase water levels did not help the cause.

— Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 17 Aug. 2026

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